[AVRO-1525] Java: ReflectData cannot resolve union with fixed

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.7.6
• Fix Version/s: 1.7.7
• Component/s: java
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Thomas White
• Reporter: Thomas White
• Created: 11/Jun/14 15:07
• Updated: 24/Jul/14 20:16
• Resolved: 12/Jun/14 08:57

Description

Writing records with the following schema fail when using the Reflect API:

{
  "type" : "record",
  "name" : "simple_schema",
  "namespace" : "com.foo.bar",
  "fields" : [ {
    "name" : "foo",
    "type" : {
      "type" : "fixed",
      "name" : "bar",
      "size" : 2
    }
  }, {
    "name" : "baz",
    "type" : [ "null", "bar" ],
    "default" : null
  } ]
}

This was found by Harsh J Chouraria.

Issue Links

• is related to: AVRO-1056 ReflectData thinks the instance of a java.util.Map as a record type